Disclosed herein is a powder actuated setting tool piston retainer arrangement which includes a housing and firing mechanism and a piston having a piston retaining ring in operable communication with the housing and firing mechanism. Further the arrangement includes a barrel within which the piston is slidably disposable. A cantilevered retainer is disposed at the barrel, the retainer being pivotally articulated with the barrel such that the retaining ring is contactable thereby to retain the piston in a selected position.
Further disclosed herein is a method for retaining a piston of a powder actuated setting tool in position. The method includes urging a cantilevered retainer radially inwardly of a barrel of the setting tool for the purpose of contacting a retaining ring of the piston of the setting tool. Such contact frictionally retains the piston in a selected position.
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1. A method for retaining a piston of a powder actuated setting tool in position comprising:
urging the piston in an axial direction towards contact with a cantilevered retainer disposed within a barrel of the setting tool;
contacting the retainer with a radially upstanding retaining portion of the piston, the piston exerting a substantially radially outward force on the retainer; and
retaining the piston with a substantially radially inwardly directed force exerted by the retainer on only an outermost radius of the upstanding retaining portion of the piston.
3. A powder actuated setting tool piston retainer arrangement comprising:
a housing and firing mechanism;
a piston in operable communication with the housing and firing mechanism, the piston having a radially upstanding piston retaining portion which is disposed at an outermost radius of a portion of the piston configured for retention;
a barrel within which the piston is slidably disposable; and
a cantilevered retainer disposed at the barrel and positioned to contact only an outermost surface of the piston retaining portion, the cantilevered retainer applying a substantially radially inwardly directed force on the retaining portion when in contact therewith resulting in retention of the piston through friction alone.
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Powder actuated setting tools all utilize among other things, a powder charge to set in motion a piston which travels within a barrel. The barrel in one way or another houses a fastener to be forcefully ejected from the setting tool by the piston moving within the barrel. The piston is accelerated by expanding gas in a chamber, that expanding gas being occasioned by the burning of the powder charge. In order for the setting tool to function as intended, the piston must be maintained in a position appropriate to being driven by the expanding gas in the chamber of the setting tool. Effectively, the foregoing means that the piston needs to be held “up” when the setting tool is compressed to a firing position. As is familiar to one of ordinary skill in this art, setting tools of this type generally require compression of the setting tool against work surface before the tool will ignite the powder charge.
The cycle that is relevant to the current disclosure begins after firing the setting tool, the piston being in a “forward” position relative to the setting tool. Upon release of the compressive force applied to the setting tool by an operator thereof, a spring urges the setting tool away from the work surface. As this occurs, the piston is drawn back to a firing position, rearward of the setting tool. The piston must be maintained in this rearward position during the ignition of powder in order to develop the desired linear force due to gas expansion.
The problem arises when the setting tool is again compressed toward a work surface to dispense another fastener. Upon compression, in many of these tools, the components of the tool that hold the piston rearward of the tool are moved and do not support the piston in the desired rearward position. In such condition, the piston moves forward under gravity and linear force generated by expanding gas of burning powder is reduced. This is of course an undesirable result.
To remedy the forgoing problem, manufacturers have utilized different friction creating devices to hold the piston rearward. To date however, such devices have either been overly complex or have not worked reliably. Therefore the art is still in need of a simple yet effective and reliable configuration capable of maintaining the piston rearward of the setting tool until it is forcefully propelled forwardly of the setting tool pursuant to the ignition of the powder charge.
Disclosed herein is a powder actuated setting tool piston retainer arrangement which includes a housing and firing mechanism and a piston having a piston retaining ring in operable communication with the housing and firing mechanism. Further the arrangement includes a barrel within which the piston is slidably disposable. A cantilevered retainer is disposed at the barrel, the retainer being pivotally articulated with the barrel such that the retaining ring is contactable thereby to retain the piston in a selected position.
Further disclosed herein is a method for retaining a piston of a powder actuated setting tool in position. The method includes urging a cantilevered retainer radially inwardly of a barrel of the setting tool for the purpose of contacting a retaining ring of the piston of the setting tool. Such contact frictionally retains the piston in a selected position.
Referring now to the drawings wherein like elements are numbered alike in the several Figures:
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As has been described above and as will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art, when the setting tool is cycled from the condition illustrated in
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Because the retainer 20 retains piston 12 merely by pressing against the retainer ring 16 in a radially inward manner but in a relatively longitudinal position, piston 12 is easily forced passed retainer 20 by the force of the exploding charge when the setting tool is discharged. Therefore the piston acts as is intended to forcefully drive a fastening element into a work piece while still being retainable in the position that it is intended to be in, prior to ignition to the powder charge. Retainer 20 provides an extremely reliable and simple means by which the piston can be maintained in the desired position without adding any significant cost or complexity to the setting tool.
It will be appreciated that the use of first and second or other similar nomenclature for denoting similar items is not intended to specify or imply any particular order unless otherwise stated.
While the invention has been described with reference to an exemplary embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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